His unwavering commitment to excellence and outstanding academic performance makes Spencer Whitehead (BMath 鈥21) the recipient of the Alumni Gold Medal for the Faculty of Mathematics.
鈥淲hile working as an instructional support assistant (ISA), I remember the first time a professor asked for a volunteer to teach a lecture while he was at a conference,鈥 remembers Josu茅 Kurke. 鈥淢y hand shot up. I donned a professorial kind of jacket with the elbow patches and went all out. Over time, I鈥檝e realized that I feel most at home in front of a classroom. I want to spend my career talking to people about math.鈥
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